| Birth date | 1985 (age 41–42) |
|---|---|
| Birth place | Berlin, Germany |
| Alma mater | Bard College, Jan van Eyck Academie |
| Occupation | Artist, filmmaker, author |
| Notable works | Constant (2022 film) A Demonstration (2020 film) |
| Website | benywagner.com |
Beny Wagner (born 1985) is an artist, filmmaker and author.[1][2][3] He is known for his films Constant and A Demonstration.[4][5]
Early life and education
Wagner was born in 1985 in Berlin.[6]
Wagner graduated with a bachelor of arts from Bard College in 2008, and was a postgraduate fellow at Jan van Eyck Academie in 2015-2016.[7][1]
Career
Wagner's first short film Eye Farm, premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2017.[8]
In 2020, Wagner co-directed A Demonstration, together with his long-term collaborator Sasha Litvintseva, which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and screened at the Museum of the Moving Image and the Vancouver International Film Festival.[5][9]
In 2022, he collaborated again with Sasha Litvintseva on Constant, which premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam and screened at CPH:DOX and the Open City Documentary Festival.[10][11] The film is a social and political history of measurement standardization, and incorporates a range of cinematographic techniques, including photogrammetry and 360-degree cameras.[2]
In November 2023, the third film in their trilogy My Want of You Partakes of Me was screened at Tate Modern.[12]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| TBH | My Want of You Partakes of Me | Director, editor, cinematographer and producer |
| 2022 | Constant | Director, editor, cinematographer and producer |
| 2020 | A Demonstration | Director, writer, editor |
| 2018 | Outside | Director, writer, editor, cinematographer and producer |
| 2017 | We're All Here | Director, writer, editor and producer |
| 2017 | Eye Farm | Director, writer, editor, cinematographer and producer |
Publications
- 2021 – All Thoughts Fly: Monster, Taxonomy, Film (co-written with Sasha Litvintseva)[13]
- 2011 – Part-Time Pioneer
Awards and nominations
| Year | Result | Award | Category | Work | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Won | Academia Film Olomouc | Best Film | Constant | [14] |
| 2022 | Won | Guanajuato International Film Festival | Best Documentary Short Film | [15] | |
| Won | IndieLisboa | Best Short Film | [16] | ||
| Nominated | International Film Festival Rotterdam | Ammodo Tiger Shorts Award | [17] | ||
| Nominated | CPH:DOX | New Vision Award | [18] | ||
| 2021 | Nominated | La Roche-sur-Yon International Film Festival | Prix Nouvelles Vagues Acuitis | A Demonstration | [19] |
| 2020 | Nominated | Berlin International Film Festival | Best Short Film | [20] |
References
- ^ "Beny Wagner". southampton.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2023-01-05. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
- ^ "What a Film Can and Can't Do: Sasha Litvintseva and Beny Wagner Interviewed by Jussi Parikka". bombmagazine.org. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
- ^ "OPENINGS: BENY WAGNER". artforum.com. February 2014. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
- ^ "Information as a music video, comedy as a diagram: Beny Wagner & Sasha Litvintseva in conversation". sensesofcinema.com. 11 July 2010. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
- ^ "A Demonstration". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
- ^ "Director Beny Wagner and Sasha Litvintseva on "A Demonstration" and the short form / interview". shortsblog.berlinale.de. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
- ^ "Traveling Sync". janvaneyck.nl. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
- ^ "Eye Farm". iffr.com. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
- ^ Rizov, Vadim (2022-03-17). "DIY Photogrammetry: Sasha Litvintseva and Beny Wagner on Constant | Filmmaker Magazine". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved 2023-03-11.
- ^ "Constant". iffr.com. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
- ^ "A Conversation With Sasha Litvintseva & Beny Wagner(CONSTANT)". hammertonail.com. 16 March 2022. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
- ^ "This programme of artists' films invites us to reflect on the interplay of anatomy and cinema". tate.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
- ^ "New book: All Thoughts Fly: Monster, Taxonomy, Film". southampton.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
- ^ "Award-winning film screening AFO58: Constanta". afo.cz. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
- ^ "AWARDS FOR GERMAN FILMS & CO-PRODUCTIONS AT GUANAJUATO 2022". german-films.de. August 2022. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
- ^ "THESE ARE THE WINNING NAMES OF INDIELISBOA 2022". indielisboa.com. 8 May 2022. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
- ^ "IFFR 2022 competitions: coming soon". iffr.com. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
- ^ "CPH:DOX UNVEILS ITS FULL FILM PROGRAMME". cphdox.dk. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
- ^ "A DEMONSTRATION (2021)". fif-85.com. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
- ^ "The Best Short Films of Berlinale 2020". directorsnotes.com. 2 March 2020. Retrieved 2022-12-06.